Souvik Ghosh joins SkillArbitrage as Vice President

Gurugram : The story told by Souvik Ghosh is one that begins ordinarily before becoming truly remarkable. A Techie by training, he began his career in the standard fashion, with a secure position and generous salary at an honorable company.  With companies like iBility, BATs, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen (Nissan US), he has helped translate user needs into enterprise-level products.

However, his quality of life was being negatively affected by the all-too-common problem of a lack of a work-life balance in the IT industry. It was a very high burden with a low payoff. Because of this, Ghosh went in an unconventional direction and opened up shop on the freelancer marketplace Upwork.

Ghosh recalls that things were not always easy for him. To begin with, there were repercussions and difficulties in both acquiring and keeping the job. But he thinks that anyone with focus and the willingness to put in a lot of work in the beginning can succeed as a freelancer on Upwork and land high-paying clients overseas. Ghosh possessed both, and he quickly amassed a fortune from his Upwork gigs.

As SkillArbitrage is all about opening new horizons of remote international opportunities for Indian professionals, Ghosh was a natural fit for the SkillArbitrage Tech Team. Being one of the leading edtech companies, a major pillar in SkillArbitrage’s success is its ever-innovative tech team.

Not only the tech team, which is building unique technology that enables Skill Arbitrage learners to develop their skills faster and build powerful track records and credibility as global professionals, but future learners, especially in the tech industry, will benefit a great deal from Ghosh’s mentorship.

According to SkillArbitrage CEO Ramanuj Mukherjee, “The Company’s vision matches perfectly with Souvik’s aim. We intend to support people who choose unconventional paths to success, and he is somebody who can lead by example.”

About SkillArbitrage

SkillArbitrage trains young professionals from India and other developing countries to get international remote jobs, remote internships and freelance work from startups & SMEs in the US, UK, Canada, UAE and other advanced economies so that they can earn in dollars no matter where they live.

With more businesses around the world getting comfortable with remote workers and realising that they can access a much better talent pool at a fraction of the cost by hiring remotely across borders, it has become increasingly important to help Indian youth to identify, prepare, for and pitch for these cross-border career opportunities.

SkillArbitrage courses and placement support have been especially popular with housewives and mothers of young children, professionals looking for side gigs and extra income, digital natives looking to escape office cubicles & those living in smaller cities who cannot move to large metros to find jobs as they now do not have to restrict themselves to a small local job market anymore.